Serzh Sargsyan did not have a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Kiev, Armenian presidential press service told NEWS.am, commenting on Turkish media reports, APA reports.
Both the Armenian president and the Turkish FM attended the inauguration ceremony of Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich in Kiev. During a reception, Ahmet Davutoglu approached the Armenian president and exchanged views with him.
Serzh Sargsyan stressed that progress requires political will, and Armenia believes that the present process has to be brought to its logical end within the shortest period of time. Otherwise, Armenia will have to withdraw its signature from the Armenian-Turkish protocols. Armenian president stated once again that Turkey can by no means be involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, as it is rendering unilateral military assistance to one of the conflicting parties, Azerbaijan, making regular biased statements on the settlement process.
“A country dreaming of a region without borders must be the first to make steps and lift the blockade of Armenia, which will enable the reopening of the region’s communication infrastructures. Azerbaijan’s pressure may prevent the Turkish Parliament from ratifying the protocols, but nothing prevents the Turkish Executive — even before the protocols have been ratified — from reopening the mutual border, which it closed before,” Sargsyan said.
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